diff --git a/fs/gfs2/glops.c b/fs/gfs2/glops.c
index 78510ab91835..24ada3ccc525 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/glops.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/glops.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include "util.h"
 #include "trans.h"
 #include "dir.h"
+#include "lops.h"
 
 struct workqueue_struct *gfs2_freeze_wq;
 
@@ -531,7 +532,7 @@ static int freeze_go_xmote_bh(struct gfs2_glock *gl, struct gfs2_holder *gh)
 	if (test_bit(SDF_JOURNAL_LIVE, &sdp->sd_flags)) {
 		j_gl->gl_ops->go_inval(j_gl, DIO_METADATA);
 
-		error = gfs2_find_jhead(sdp->sd_jdesc, &head);
+		error = gfs2_find_jhead(sdp->sd_jdesc, &head, false);
 		if (error)
 			gfs2_consist(sdp);
 		if (!(head.lh_flags & GFS2_LOG_HEAD_UNMOUNT))
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/log.c b/fs/gfs2/log.c
index a7febb4bd400..a2e1df488df0 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/log.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/log.c
@@ -744,7 +744,7 @@ void gfs2_write_log_header(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, struct gfs2_jdesc *jd,
 	lh->lh_crc = cpu_to_be32(crc);
 
 	gfs2_log_write(sdp, page, sb->s_blocksize, 0, dblock);
-	gfs2_log_submit_bio(&sdp->sd_log_bio, REQ_OP_WRITE, op_flags);
+	gfs2_log_submit_bio(&sdp->sd_log_bio, REQ_OP_WRITE | op_flags);
 	log_flush_wait(sdp);
 }
 
@@ -821,7 +821,7 @@ void gfs2_log_flush(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, struct gfs2_glock *gl, u32 flags)
 
 	gfs2_ordered_write(sdp);
 	lops_before_commit(sdp, tr);
-	gfs2_log_submit_bio(&sdp->sd_log_bio, REQ_OP_WRITE, 0);
+	gfs2_log_submit_bio(&sdp->sd_log_bio, REQ_OP_WRITE);
 
 	if (sdp->sd_log_head != sdp->sd_log_flush_head) {
 		log_flush_wait(sdp);
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/lops.c b/fs/gfs2/lops.c
index 6af6a3cea967..ce048a9e058d 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/lops.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/lops.c
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@
 #include <linux/bio.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/list_sort.h>
+#include <linux/blkdev.h>
 
+#include "bmap.h"
 #include "dir.h"
 #include "gfs2.h"
 #include "incore.h"
@@ -194,7 +196,6 @@ static void gfs2_end_log_write_bh(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp,
 /**
  * gfs2_end_log_write - end of i/o to the log
  * @bio: The bio
- * @error: Status of i/o request
  *
  * Each bio_vec contains either data from the pagecache or data
  * relating to the log itself. Here we iterate over the bio_vec
@@ -232,20 +233,19 @@ static void gfs2_end_log_write(struct bio *bio)
 /**
  * gfs2_log_submit_bio - Submit any pending log bio
  * @biop: Address of the bio pointer
- * @op: REQ_OP
- * @op_flags: req_flag_bits
+ * @opf: REQ_OP | op_flags
  *
  * Submit any pending part-built or full bio to the block device. If
  * there is no pending bio, then this is a no-op.
  */
 
-void gfs2_log_submit_bio(struct bio **biop, int op, int op_flags)
+void gfs2_log_submit_bio(struct bio **biop, int opf)
 {
 	struct bio *bio = *biop;
 	if (bio) {
 		struct gfs2_sbd *sdp = bio->bi_private;
 		atomic_inc(&sdp->sd_log_in_flight);
-		bio_set_op_attrs(bio, op, op_flags);
+		bio->bi_opf = opf;
 		submit_bio(bio);
 		*biop = NULL;
 	}
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ static struct bio *gfs2_log_get_bio(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, u64 blkno,
 		nblk >>= sdp->sd_fsb2bb_shift;
 		if (blkno == nblk && !flush)
 			return bio;
-		gfs2_log_submit_bio(biop, op, 0);
+		gfs2_log_submit_bio(biop, op);
 	}
 
 	*biop = gfs2_log_alloc_bio(sdp, blkno, end_io);
@@ -377,6 +377,206 @@ void gfs2_log_write_page(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, struct page *page)
 		       gfs2_log_bmap(sdp));
 }
 
+/**
+ * gfs2_end_log_read - end I/O callback for reads from the log
+ * @bio: The bio
+ *
+ * Simply unlock the pages in the bio. The main thread will wait on them and
+ * process them in order as necessary.
+ */
+
+static void gfs2_end_log_read(struct bio *bio)
+{
+	struct page *page;
+	struct bio_vec *bvec;
+	int i;
+	struct bvec_iter_all iter_all;
+
+	bio_for_each_segment_all(bvec, bio, i, iter_all) {
+		page = bvec->bv_page;
+		if (bio->bi_status) {
+			int err = blk_status_to_errno(bio->bi_status);
+
+			SetPageError(page);
+			mapping_set_error(page->mapping, err);
+		}
+		unlock_page(page);
+	}
+
+	bio_put(bio);
+}
+
+/**
+ * gfs2_jhead_pg_srch - Look for the journal head in a given page.
+ * @jd: The journal descriptor
+ * @page: The page to look in
+ *
+ * Returns: 1 if found, 0 otherwise.
+ */
+
+static bool gfs2_jhead_pg_srch(struct gfs2_jdesc *jd,
+			      struct gfs2_log_header_host *head,
+			      struct page *page)
+{
+	struct gfs2_sbd *sdp = GFS2_SB(jd->jd_inode);
+	struct gfs2_log_header_host uninitialized_var(lh);
+	void *kaddr = kmap_atomic(page);
+	unsigned int offset;
+	bool ret = false;
+
+	for (offset = 0; offset < PAGE_SIZE; offset += sdp->sd_sb.sb_bsize) {
+		if (!__get_log_header(sdp, kaddr + offset, 0, &lh)) {
+			if (lh.lh_sequence > head->lh_sequence)
+				*head = lh;
+			else {
+				ret = true;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	kunmap_atomic(kaddr);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/**
+ * gfs2_jhead_process_page - Search/cleanup a page
+ * @jd: The journal descriptor
+ * @index: Index of the page to look into
+ * @done: If set, perform only cleanup, else search and set if found.
+ *
+ * Find the page with 'index' in the journal's mapping. Search the page for
+ * the journal head if requested (cleanup == false). Release refs on the
+ * page so the page cache can reclaim it (put_page() twice). We grabbed a
+ * reference on this page two times, first when we did a find_or_create_page()
+ * to obtain the page to add it to the bio and second when we do a
+ * find_get_page() here to get the page to wait on while I/O on it is being
+ * completed.
+ * This function is also used to free up a page we might've grabbed but not
+ * used. Maybe we added it to a bio, but not submitted it for I/O. Or we
+ * submitted the I/O, but we already found the jhead so we only need to drop
+ * our references to the page.
+ */
+
+static void gfs2_jhead_process_page(struct gfs2_jdesc *jd, unsigned long index,
+				    struct gfs2_log_header_host *head,
+				    bool *done)
+{
+	struct page *page;
+
+	page = find_get_page(jd->jd_inode->i_mapping, index);
+	wait_on_page_locked(page);
+
+	if (PageError(page))
+		*done = true;
+
+	if (!*done)
+		*done = gfs2_jhead_pg_srch(jd, head, page);
+
+	put_page(page); /* Once for find_get_page */
+	put_page(page); /* Once more for find_or_create_page */
+}
+
+/**
+ * gfs2_find_jhead - find the head of a log
+ * @jd: The journal descriptor
+ * @head: The log descriptor for the head of the log is returned here
+ *
+ * Do a search of a journal by reading it in large chunks using bios and find
+ * the valid log entry with the highest sequence number.  (i.e. the log head)
+ *
+ * Returns: 0 on success, errno otherwise
+ */
+int gfs2_find_jhead(struct gfs2_jdesc *jd, struct gfs2_log_header_host *head,
+		    bool keep_cache)
+{
+	struct gfs2_sbd *sdp = GFS2_SB(jd->jd_inode);
+	struct address_space *mapping = jd->jd_inode->i_mapping;
+	unsigned int block = 0, blocks_submitted = 0, blocks_read = 0;
+	unsigned int bsize = sdp->sd_sb.sb_bsize;
+	unsigned int bsize_shift = sdp->sd_sb.sb_bsize_shift;
+	unsigned int shift = PAGE_SHIFT - bsize_shift;
+	unsigned int readhead_blocks = BIO_MAX_PAGES << shift;
+	struct gfs2_journal_extent *je;
+	int sz, ret = 0;
+	struct bio *bio = NULL;
+	struct page *page = NULL;
+	bool done = false;
+	errseq_t since;
+
+	memset(head, 0, sizeof(*head));
+	if (list_empty(&jd->extent_list))
+		gfs2_map_journal_extents(sdp, jd);
+
+	since = filemap_sample_wb_err(mapping);
+	list_for_each_entry(je, &jd->extent_list, list) {
+		for (; block < je->lblock + je->blocks; block++) {
+			u64 dblock;
+
+			if (!page) {
+				page = find_or_create_page(mapping,
+						block >> shift, GFP_NOFS);
+				if (!page) {
+					ret = -ENOMEM;
+					done = true;
+					goto out;
+				}
+			}
+
+			if (bio) {
+				unsigned int off;
+
+				off = (block << bsize_shift) & ~PAGE_MASK;
+				sz = bio_add_page(bio, page, bsize, off);
+				if (sz == bsize) { /* block added */
+					if (off + bsize == PAGE_SIZE) {
+						page = NULL;
+						goto page_added;
+					}
+					continue;
+				}
+				blocks_submitted = block + 1;
+				submit_bio(bio);
+				bio = NULL;
+			}
+
+			dblock = je->dblock + (block - je->lblock);
+			bio = gfs2_log_alloc_bio(sdp, dblock, gfs2_end_log_read);
+			bio->bi_opf = REQ_OP_READ;
+			sz = bio_add_page(bio, page, bsize, 0);
+			gfs2_assert_warn(sdp, sz == bsize);
+			if (bsize == PAGE_SIZE)
+				page = NULL;
+
+page_added:
+			if (blocks_submitted < blocks_read + readhead_blocks) {
+				/* Keep at least one bio in flight */
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			gfs2_jhead_process_page(jd, blocks_read >> shift, head, &done);
+			blocks_read += PAGE_SIZE >> bsize_shift;
+			if (done)
+				goto out;  /* found */
+		}
+	}
+
+out:
+	if (bio)
+		submit_bio(bio);
+	while (blocks_read < block) {
+		gfs2_jhead_process_page(jd, blocks_read >> shift, head, &done);
+		blocks_read += PAGE_SIZE >> bsize_shift;
+	}
+
+	if (!ret)
+		ret = filemap_check_wb_err(mapping, since);
+
+	if (!keep_cache)
+		truncate_inode_pages(mapping, 0);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static struct page *gfs2_get_log_desc(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, u32 ld_type,
 				      u32 ld_length, u32 ld_data1)
 {
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/lops.h b/fs/gfs2/lops.h
index 320fbf28d2fb..f195ffb435ac 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/lops.h
+++ b/fs/gfs2/lops.h
@@ -25,8 +25,10 @@ extern u64 gfs2_log_bmap(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp);
 extern void gfs2_log_write(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, struct page *page,
 			   unsigned size, unsigned offset, u64 blkno);
 extern void gfs2_log_write_page(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, struct page *page);
-extern void gfs2_log_submit_bio(struct bio **biop, int op, int op_flags);
+extern void gfs2_log_submit_bio(struct bio **biop, int opf);
 extern void gfs2_pin(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, struct buffer_head *bh);
+extern int gfs2_find_jhead(struct gfs2_jdesc *jd,
+			   struct gfs2_log_header_host *head, bool keep_cache);
 
 static inline unsigned int buf_limit(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp)
 {
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c b/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c
index abfaecde0e3d..46f6615eaf12 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 #include "dir.h"
 #include "meta_io.h"
 #include "trace_gfs2.h"
+#include "lops.h"
 
 #define DO 0
 #define UNDO 1
@@ -616,7 +617,7 @@ static int check_journal_clean(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, struct gfs2_jdesc *jd)
 		fs_err(sdp, "Error checking journal for spectator mount.\n");
 		goto out_unlock;
 	}
-	error = gfs2_find_jhead(jd, &head);
+	error = gfs2_find_jhead(jd, &head, false);
 	if (error) {
 		fs_err(sdp, "Error parsing journal for spectator mount.\n");
 		goto out_unlock;
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/recovery.c b/fs/gfs2/recovery.c
index fa575d1676b9..389b3ef77e20 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/recovery.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/recovery.c
@@ -181,129 +181,6 @@ static int get_log_header(struct gfs2_jdesc *jd, unsigned int blk,
 	return error;
 }
 
-/**
- * find_good_lh - find a good log header
- * @jd: the journal
- * @blk: the segment to start searching from
- * @lh: the log header to fill in
- * @forward: if true search forward in the log, else search backward
- *
- * Call get_log_header() to get a log header for a segment, but if the
- * segment is bad, either scan forward or backward until we find a good one.
- *
- * Returns: errno
- */
-
-static int find_good_lh(struct gfs2_jdesc *jd, unsigned int *blk,
-			struct gfs2_log_header_host *head)
-{
-	unsigned int orig_blk = *blk;
-	int error;
-
-	for (;;) {
-		error = get_log_header(jd, *blk, head);
-		if (error <= 0)
-			return error;
-
-		if (++*blk == jd->jd_blocks)
-			*blk = 0;
-
-		if (*blk == orig_blk) {
-			gfs2_consist_inode(GFS2_I(jd->jd_inode));
-			return -EIO;
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-/**
- * jhead_scan - make sure we've found the head of the log
- * @jd: the journal
- * @head: this is filled in with the log descriptor of the head
- *
- * At this point, seg and lh should be either the head of the log or just
- * before.  Scan forward until we find the head.
- *
- * Returns: errno
- */
-
-static int jhead_scan(struct gfs2_jdesc *jd, struct gfs2_log_header_host *head)
-{
-	unsigned int blk = head->lh_blkno;
-	struct gfs2_log_header_host lh;
-	int error;
-
-	for (;;) {
-		if (++blk == jd->jd_blocks)
-			blk = 0;
-
-		error = get_log_header(jd, blk, &lh);
-		if (error < 0)
-			return error;
-		if (error == 1)
-			continue;
-
-		if (lh.lh_sequence == head->lh_sequence) {
-			gfs2_consist_inode(GFS2_I(jd->jd_inode));
-			return -EIO;
-		}
-		if (lh.lh_sequence < head->lh_sequence)
-			break;
-
-		*head = lh;
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-/**
- * gfs2_find_jhead - find the head of a log
- * @jd: the journal
- * @head: the log descriptor for the head of the log is returned here
- *
- * Do a binary search of a journal and find the valid log entry with the
- * highest sequence number.  (i.e. the log head)
- *
- * Returns: errno
- */
-
-int gfs2_find_jhead(struct gfs2_jdesc *jd, struct gfs2_log_header_host *head)
-{
-	struct gfs2_log_header_host lh_1, lh_m;
-	u32 blk_1, blk_2, blk_m;
-	int error;
-
-	blk_1 = 0;
-	blk_2 = jd->jd_blocks - 1;
-
-	for (;;) {
-		blk_m = (blk_1 + blk_2) / 2;
-
-		error = find_good_lh(jd, &blk_1, &lh_1);
-		if (error)
-			return error;
-
-		error = find_good_lh(jd, &blk_m, &lh_m);
-		if (error)
-			return error;
-
-		if (blk_1 == blk_m || blk_m == blk_2)
-			break;
-
-		if (lh_1.lh_sequence <= lh_m.lh_sequence)
-			blk_1 = blk_m;
-		else
-			blk_2 = blk_m;
-	}
-
-	error = jhead_scan(jd, &lh_1);
-	if (error)
-		return error;
-
-	*head = lh_1;
-
-	return error;
-}
-
 /**
  * foreach_descriptor - go through the active part of the log
  * @jd: the journal
@@ -469,7 +346,7 @@ void gfs2_recover_func(struct work_struct *work)
 	if (error)
 		goto fail_gunlock_ji;
 
-	error = gfs2_find_jhead(jd, &head);
+	error = gfs2_find_jhead(jd, &head, true);
 	if (error)
 		goto fail_gunlock_ji;
 	t_jhd = ktime_get();
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/recovery.h b/fs/gfs2/recovery.h
index 5932d4b6f43e..1831a1974c8c 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/recovery.h
+++ b/fs/gfs2/recovery.h
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ extern int gfs2_revoke_add(struct gfs2_jdesc *jd, u64 blkno, unsigned int where)
 extern int gfs2_revoke_check(struct gfs2_jdesc *jd, u64 blkno, unsigned int where);
 extern void gfs2_revoke_clean(struct gfs2_jdesc *jd);
 
-extern int gfs2_find_jhead(struct gfs2_jdesc *jd,
-		    struct gfs2_log_header_host *head);
 extern int gfs2_recover_journal(struct gfs2_jdesc *gfs2_jd, bool wait);
 extern void gfs2_recover_func(struct work_struct *work);
 extern int __get_log_header(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp,
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/super.c b/fs/gfs2/super.c
index 5b148cf03293..fbf6b1fd330b 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/super.c
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 #include "util.h"
 #include "sys.h"
 #include "xattr.h"
+#include "lops.h"
 
 #define args_neq(a1, a2, x) ((a1)->ar_##x != (a2)->ar_##x)
 
@@ -425,7 +426,7 @@ int gfs2_make_fs_rw(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp)
 
 	j_gl->gl_ops->go_inval(j_gl, DIO_METADATA);
 
-	error = gfs2_find_jhead(sdp->sd_jdesc, &head);
+	error = gfs2_find_jhead(sdp->sd_jdesc, &head, false);
 	if (error)
 		goto fail;
 
@@ -680,7 +681,7 @@ static int gfs2_lock_fs_check_clean(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp,
 		error = gfs2_jdesc_check(jd);
 		if (error)
 			break;
-		error = gfs2_find_jhead(jd, &lh);
+		error = gfs2_find_jhead(jd, &lh, false);
 		if (error)
 			break;
 		if (!(lh.lh_flags & GFS2_LOG_HEAD_UNMOUNT)) {